Before he was cast in "The Defiant Ones," with Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis " a role for which he would be nominated for an Academy Award, the Austrian-born Theodore Bikel told director Stanley Kramer that he was neither an American, nor Southern. "A good actor is a good actor," Kramer answered. Bikel, who could speak nine languages and sing in 21, had a parallel career as a folk singer and social advocate. In 1…
SOURCE: WNYC at 10:44PM on July 27, 2015